Major Writers of America, Volume 1Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962 Selections from the writings of fifteen important American authors, including portions of novels, short stories, prose and poems. |
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... person by mere nature , for instance , may be liable to be affected with the story of Jesus Christ , and the sufferings he underwent , as well as by any other tragical story : he may be the more affected with it from the interest he con ...
... person by mere nature , for instance , may be liable to be affected with the story of Jesus Christ , and the sufferings he underwent , as well as by any other tragical story : he may be the more affected with it from the interest he con ...
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... PERSON to be in the possession of something as perfect as mortal man has a right to demand ; he tries to make it better , and ruins it entirely . A PERSON to spend all his life and splendid tal- ents in trying to achieve something ...
... PERSON to be in the possession of something as perfect as mortal man has a right to demand ; he tries to make it better , and ruins it entirely . A PERSON to spend all his life and splendid tal- ents in trying to achieve something ...
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... person chanted and intoned became the major subject of the would - be national bard . Whitman became less and less ... persons and things , in the princi- ple of equality in his catalogues and the free- dom of his meters , in the ...
... person chanted and intoned became the major subject of the would - be national bard . Whitman became less and less ... persons and things , in the princi- ple of equality in his catalogues and the free- dom of his meters , in the ...
Contents
WILLIAM BRADFORD | 3 |
My Father and Your Father To | 4 |
Introduction | 10 |
Copyright | |
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